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About Lakharas Village

Lakharas is a mid sized village in Katekalyan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 576, made up of 328 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 756 females per 1000 males. The village covers 394.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lakharas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lakharas village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Katekalyan
Pincode 494449
Area (hectares) 394.49 hectares
Population 576
Male Population 328
Female Population 248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 756
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lakharas compares

By the 2011 count Lakharas is the 27th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 394.49 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Lakharas

Lakharas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Lakharas as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lakharas from other places

Lakharas lies about 26 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 7.7 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Lakharas
Tehsil headquarters Katekalyan 2.3 km
Nearest railway station Kaklur 7.7 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 26 km
Nearest town Bacheli 42 km

Villages closest to Lakharas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katekalyan tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Lakharas

As per the Census of India 2011, Lakharas village had a population of 576. That makes it the 27th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Lakharas village has 328 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lakharas has about 756 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Lakharas is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lakharas covers 394.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lakharas falls under Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Lakharas is Kaklur, about 7.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Lakharas.

Lakharas is about 26 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lakharas is in Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Katekalyan is about 2.3 km away. Kaklur is about 7.7 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katekalyan (2.3 km), Tumakpal (3.4 km) and Parcheli (3.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lakharas today is likely to be higher.

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